Almost all Sounboards from 1974
are going to be in the 4 to 5 star range,
Probably not worth quibbling about.
If you saw this live
you have all the rest of us beat:
Oakland Coliseum
GRATEFUL DEAD 2
MOTHER NATURE 3
Greatest Story is BLAZING!
Donna Jean helps the MOJO along.
Feeling groovy jam..
Phil's vocals-I Know you rider.
AROUNDx2 in 1st set closer spot!
If you think Donna can get fiesty?
Check out Weir on Around & Around.
Set TWO :
This would be back in the days before the Oakland Coliseum was completely closed in with seating.
I know that they needed the extra seating for football but it sure took away something from that Stadium.
Anyway
U.S. Blues-short compact, nice in the opener
good piano work
Big River-What a hot 2nd set tune this was
Ship of Fools-dialing it down, so nobody falls off the 2nd deck.( Donna Jean backing vocals)
Major highlight:
Playing>Wharf Rat>Playing
Some great leads first from Phil then from Garcia
with a very busy Krutzman to boo.
15 minutes in we get the full MELTDOWN.
Such a nice acid jazz PITB..
If I was going to compare this favorable with another show:6/22/74-Miami- (first night)

Look at the set list -- this was a Greatest Hits show if ever there was one, enhanced by THE FUCKING WALL OF SOUND!!! I was there -- by the time they hit the bridge on Wharf Rat I was no long of this planet.

This Playin' goes totally off the hook at about 14:30, fantastic, which a number of unique features. A hugely underrated show.

This show is very tight and inspired.phil sounds gr8.the boys are on!!

More people should know about this one. It's basically in the same league as shows like 5/25, 6/20, or 7/29, what I would call the "2nd tier" of great '74 shows, but is horribly under reviewed. GSET is awesome (if you can tune out some horrendous donna wails). The Playin and Eyes are both monsters too - especially Playin, which may be the best unsung version of the year. This version has an absolutley demented Tiger/Feedback section with Jerry and Phil going nuts. Not to mention it segues in and out of a beautiful Wharf Rat. The Scarlet and China>Rider are both very strong as well. Overall, this is a very good show worth adding to your collection.

great classic 74 show, standard setlist, great versions of them all, china cat jam stands out in my memory, love hearing us blues, eyes of the world also a great, sounds like they wanted to go into china doll but the guitars went out of tune, alas! makes way for a great sugar magnolia though

Thank you! You just have the ear to make these recordings put you right back in the crowd. I don't know if you will ever see this but Thank you!

Killer show. Also another wonderful remaster by Charlie Miller. Even the aud patch is good sounding.

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Summer of 1974 "Coliseum" GRATEFUL DEAD

22 unique performances from Oakland 1974.

Here's a 23 minute "Playing In The Band" into a 10 minute "Wharf Rat" back into a 6 minute and 49 second "Playing In The Band".

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